Dipping

On Friday afternoon Miriam and I went down to Black Hole Marsh at Seaton. I was hoping to see the Pectoral Sandpiper that had been around for a couple of days and Miriam was just glad to get out of the house for a bit.
We arrived around 2pm and spent around an hour in the unusually noisy hide, sharing it with one inconsiderate birder who after chomping through his lunch proceeded to burp for the next ten minutes and then loudly telling anyone who came into the hide that they should have been here yesterday !

Green Sandpipers (Tringa ochropus)

Needless to say we should have been there yesterday as the 'Pec Sand' appeared to have moved on. There were three Green Sand's however but not much else to grab our attention.
As Mir cannot get to the Tower hide and we didn't have too long we didn't try for the long staying Spotted Crake on the estuary so we headed into town instead.
On the way back to the car however the heavens opened and we were soaked by a very heavy downpour.